I use my PS5 only for exclusives since the Steam Deck arrived

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Patient Gamers are Best Gamers.

Luckily, not everyone is buying AAA games on release day and waiting for discounts instead. That’s the rule I usually follow for the AAA games I buy because that’s been the trend for some time now, where it goes full price and then, it’ll get cheaper months later.

I still own a PS5 and Steam Deck and don’t see any reason not to have both since not every AAA game on Steam Deck runs great because there are compromises in performance or graphics while at the same time, the PS5 would run those same games better. Also, you could remote play from the PS5 to Steam Deck if you wanted to, which makes it nice to have both.

I moved from a country full of software engineers to a country full of sangrias. The cost of electricity went from about 30 dollars from a big apartment to 100+ for a smaller apartment with rates that are highest in the evenings when I’m free to play games. So I bought a steam deck earlier this year and I believe it has already paid off for its price. The only thing I miss is being able to play FPS effectively. But rest has been quite good. And of course I can also play when I’m traveling or in the 10-15 minutes breaks

I don’t buy games on release because of my backlog. I don’t have time to play everything as it comes out so I naturally end up playing them 6 months to a couple years later. Bugfixes are just a positive coincidence.

I got the SD OLED to complement my desktop because it is the only PC handheld in its class that is well built with good customer support and backing. All the other options are missing features, have defects, or have abysmal customer support. The LCD was the only thing keeping me from getting a SD.

Best way to play AAA titles BY FAR !!! (if you care about the costs):

• buy PS5 disc edition
• when new AAA game releases:
  • buy physical copy
    • physical copies - even on day 1 of release - are cheaper then the digital version. because of the price war in retail stores.
  • play through game in 2-6 weeks
  • sell game on ebay
    • you will get back 50-70% of what you paid for it
• Result:
  • 70€ game only costs 55-65 € in retail
    • = 10€ saved
  • you recoup 50-70% through selling the game
    • = 30-40€ saved
  • This way the “70€ AAA game” only cost you ~20€
    • thats a 70% reduction in cost

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This is BY FAR the best way to enjoy AAA titles if you care about the spent money.

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And it can only be done on PS5

• because on PC there are no longer physical versions - its all “keys” which dont transfer
• on SeriesX it kinda works - but not as good. Because the market is much smaller because most xbox people just use gamepass and dont buy AAA titles.

New games bad, give me updoot.

I bought the Deck because it’s a good value, a hybrid portable-console and I love to see Linux gaming move forward.

I have many many old games that I didn’t play yet and newer games don’t seem worth it that much. So yeah I mostly bought it cause I have a second job where I have nothing to do.

Next weekend I will do 13 hours Sat and 14 hrs Sunday with nothing to do. All alone… I will kms. Even with the deck it gets sooooo boring. I tend to eat a lot those shifts out of boredom…

No because steam deck doesn’t fix that problem.

I’ve always been a r/patientgamers because I like games to be complete/fixed and on sale. So it sure doesn’t hurt to pick up my library on SD.

I have a thing where I only buy games that are more than a year old. I also listen to game podcasts from a year ago. I’m kind of living a year in the past in gaming but it is better than ever. Games are on sale for 30%-70% of the launch price, all DLC included (sometimes) and the broken parts are fixed.

So true, same for me. I got the deck to play older AAA games I never got around to playing originally. Nowadays I feel like I am paying someone else to alpha test their unfinished product. I’ve had enough of it. Now I wait a year before buying a premium game. TBH, I would rather just support indie developers.

Exactly why I bought one. Especially considering how many of my older titles that are now broken in windows have become so easy to get running great on Steam Deck!

I could have bought a new GPU instead, 2 weeks in and I’m really glad I made the choice I did.